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TraceyB

@ineeddirection.bsky.social

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Hopeless romantic, rubbish musician, sulky software developer. 1/3 of the @wedigmusic.bsky.social podcast. MBS, TFC, MBV, AMC, TWP, SMB, UVS, YLT, RHP, JTP, DAD. Not SFM.

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TraceyB @ineeddirection.bsky.social · Oct 20

My Toppermost contribution on American Music Club.

Toppermost @toppermost.bsky.social · Oct 20

Toppermost #730: American Music Club - a top 10 picked by @ineeddirection.bsky.social ... "melody and instrumentation are important but it’s Mark Eitzel’s voice and the words that provide the emotional hold for me" #80srock #indie www.toppermost.co.uk/american-mus...

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TraceyB @ineeddirection.bsky.social · 1m

Not sure it was 9 but yeah, ridiculously young 😄

TraceyB @ineeddirection.bsky.social · 1m

Such a good cover. I prefer it infinitely to Linda Ronstadt's version or Mike Nesmith's original.

TraceyB @ineeddirection.bsky.social · 2m

I mean it's not, but it's pretty exciting 8-)

TraceyB @ineeddirection.bsky.social · 1h

A great cover - almost unrecognisable from the origanal

TraceyB @ineeddirection.bsky.social · 1h

I loved the original of that song though...

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TraceyB @ineeddirection.bsky.social · 1h

I buy printer ink in sets, so how come I always have so much magenta left. Why doesn't it use all 3 colours at the same rate?
Think I need to print the Loveless cover out more...

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TraceyB @ineeddirection.bsky.social · 2h

There's a kind of bleak hope in the "I'll take you in my two weak hands and I'll throw you so high". A heart-stopping beauty of a song.

TraceyB @ineeddirection.bsky.social · 2h

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The answer is Hats @prodriguez69.bsky.social · 2h

#artistfave15
#musicchallenge

#14
Western Sky

Similar to Last Harbor, hard for me to separate. The end of California is devastatingly beautiful.

Maybe an homage to Nick Drake's Northern Sky? Eitzel has less hope here and compares to the dying sun.

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American Music Club - Western Sky

YouTube video by Gushreek

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TraceyB @ineeddirection.bsky.social · 2h

I can still see it shining... 💔

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TraceyB @ineeddirection.bsky.social · 2h

🍂❤️

TraceyB @ineeddirection.bsky.social · 2h

Wow what a line-up <3

TraceyB @ineeddirection.bsky.social · 2h

Random acts of senseless beauty #17

Close up of holly and hawthorn leaves with one fallen brown acer leaf in the middle

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TraceyB @ineeddirection.bsky.social · 2h

#80sTop30MissedOut Unranked Day 14

In a blatant cheat move, I'm going to post a missed out song each day too using an unofficial hashtag!

Throwing Muses - Dizzy

"He's got me spinning 'round and falling on my head"

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Throwing Muses - Dizzy (Official Video)

YouTube video by 4AD

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TraceyB @ineeddirection.bsky.social · 2h

#80sTop30 Unranked Day 14

Aztec Camera - We Could Send Letters

"And now the only chance that we could take
Is the chance that someone else won't make it all come true"
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We Could Send Letters

YouTube video by Aztec Camera - Topic

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TraceyB @ineeddirection.bsky.social · 2h

#ArtistFave15 Teenage Fanclub Day 14 (Gerard songs rank #2 of 5)

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"Say you'll come 'round and watch the dark go light
To be near, to realise more time to talk
Oh if we had more time to talk"

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